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VOLUME I.
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Jai'kwon Coimlv.
B hcreas. C. W.-lfood. Executor of Z. S. Hood,
deceased, represents to this Court, by his petition
duly filed, that he has fully and completely ad
ministered said deceased’s estate, and is entitled
to a discharge from said administration —
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can, on the first
Monday in September, 1881, at the regular term
of the Court of Ordinary of said county", why Let
ters of Dismission should not be granted the ap
plicant from said trust.
(liven under iny oflicial signature, this May 30,
ISSI. H. W. DELL, Ord’y.
/ 1 llOltL'U, .lachson iouuty.
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Whereas, Jam os L. Williamson, Executor on
the estate of John S. Hunter, late of said county,
deceased, applies for leave to sell the land belong
ing to the estate of said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred anj crod
itors, to skow;Cau|e| if any. lit the rcginaf 'term
of the Oouft <ff "laid donmy, on tne
lirst Monday in August, ISSI, why said leave
should not be granted the applicant.
(liven under my official signature, this June 28,
1881. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
/ t I'lOlUiilA, County.
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Whereas, James L* Williamson. Administrator
on the estate of Thomas Dalton, late of said coun
ty, dcc'd, applies for leave to sell the land belong
ing to the estate of said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any, on the first Monday
in August, 1881, at the regular term of the Court
of Ordinary of said county, why said leave should
not he granted the applicant.
Given under mv oflicial signature, this June 2S,
1881. ‘ 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
.ladison County.
Whereas, James Greer, Administrator of Win
ney Wiliamson, late of said county, deceased,
applies forleavc to sell the land and real estate
belonging to the estate of said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any, before the Court of
Ordinary of said county, on the first Monday in
August, 1881, why said leave should not he grant
ed the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this Juno2B,
1881. 11AW. DELL, OW*y.
C3 KOHftl.A. .lacksoU Comity.
Whereas. Jiitios L. Williamson, Administrator
of M. Williamson, late of said county, dee’d, ap
plies for leave to sell the land and real estate of
said deceased— , . •v ’ g ; r
This is to rite concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any, before the Court of
Ordinary of said county, on the first Monday in
August, 1881, why said leave should uot be "pant
ed the applieant.
Given under rtfy official s i gn atfi r e,TTii s Jon c 28 ,
1881. , 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
j HOUGH, .Inekittii County.
Whereas, (’. M. Woqfl, Administrator on the
estate of. A. M. Loggms, laxe of 'said • county, de
ceased. represents to the Court, by his petition
duly filed, that lie has fully administered said,es
tate, and is entitled to a discharge—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, at the Court of Ordinary of
said county, on the first Monday in October, 1881,
why said applicant should not have Letters of Dis
mission from his said trust.
Given under my official signature, this June 28,
1881. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
jacksdti County.
Whereas, W. P. Cosby, Administrator on the
estate of Frances C. Cosby, late of said county,
deceased, represents to the Court that he has fully
administered said estate, and is therefore entitled
to Letters of Dismission—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, at the Court of Ordinary of
said county, on the first Monday in October, 1881,
why said letters should not be granted the appli
cant.
Given under my official signature, this June 28,
1881. 11. W- BELL, Ord’y.
| j l!01C<nlA, Jiu ltMoii Comity.
Whereas, the reviewers, appointed for the pur
pose of reviewing the road in said county com
mencing on the Athens and Lawrenccville road,
near the residence of Charles Furgerson, thence
by the residences of James and Nancy Spencer,
John Marlow, C. P. Furgerson. Lewis Antlien
and W. Collins, intersecting with the Watkins
villc and llog Mountain road at or near the resi
dence of the Widow Jones, having marked out and
reported that the establishment of said road as
one of the public roads of said, county will con
duce to the convenience of the traveling public,
ait or <*er will be pasß&B bn J)§n
of August, *ISSI, tinalh'- granting tine estab
lishment of said road as one of the public roads cf
the county, if no good cause to the contrary be
shown.
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QEORGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, upon application to me, in terms of
the law, by one-fifth of the qualitied voters of the
253d District, G. M.. of said county, asking for
an election to be called in sjvid District, that the
question of the restriction of the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors in said District may be submitted to
the voters thereof—
It is hereby ordered that an election be held in
said District, at the usual place of holding elec
tions in the same, on Saturday, the (sth day of
August, 1881 ; that those voting at said election
who favor restriction shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words, *• For Restriction, ’’
and those who oppose shall have written or print
ed on their ballots the words, •* Against Restric
tion,” and that the managers of said election shall
keep duplicate list of voters and talley sheets,
certify and sign the same, one of which shall be
tiled with the Clerk of the Superior Court of said
county and the other forwarded without delay to
his Excellency the Governor.
julyS * H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Gutfit sent free to those whp wish to en
gage in the most pleasant and* profitable
business known. Everything new. Capital not
required. We will furnish you everything. $lO
a day and upwards is easily made without staying
away from home over night. No risk whatever.
Many new workers wanted at once. Many are
making fortunes at the business. Ladies make as
much as men, and young boys and girls make
great pay. No one who is willing to work fails
to make more money every day than can be made
in a week at any ordinary employment. Those
who engage at once will tipd a short road to for
tune. Address 11. HaLLETT £ Cos., Portland,
Maiuc.
: HVA/VAX NYvSCYIAAVI* \.
A ROMANCE OF LABOR.
I was listening to the rebellious words of a
[young man who could not sec his father's
wisdom in desiring him to learn a trade.
“ It will make a common man of me, fath
er,” lie said querulously ; “ I shall be as dirty
as a blacksmith and have hands like a coal
heaver.”
“And if you think. Fred, that wearing fine
clothes and having white hands make you a
gentleman, let me tell you. sir, that you are
a very common man to begin with. A good
trade might help 3-011 to truer notions of gen
tlemanhood.”
Then I looked at the handsome young fel
low—for be was handsome—and I thought
just then of Steve Gaskill. Steve had made
liis mark now, but many 3 T cars ago I heard
just such a talk between him and old Josiah
Gaskill, relative to the young man learning
his father’s trade of a wool stapler.
“ It’s a dirt}- business, father,” said the
splendid Steve, in full evening dress, “and
I hate the smell of oil and the sight of these
men in blue linen blouses. 1 hope that I
shall do something better for in} r self than
that.”
“ Very" well, lad, what is it thou’d fain be ?”
“ A law)-cr. father.”
*• They’re naught but a lazy, quarrelsome
set, but thou sliali not sa} r I ever stood in the
gate. Bea lawyer, lad. I'll speak to Den
ham to morrow about thee.”
So young Steve was articled to Denham &
I)ywness to study law, especially conveyanc
ing. lie was an only son, but had three sis
ters, and over them and his mother he exer
cised supreme influence.
Whatever Steve did was right, whatever lie
said was beyond dispute. Even old Josiah,
with all,liis sound sense, wag, in of him
self, swayed l/y the undisputed acknowledg
ment of Steve’s superiority-. lie would not
advise his spn ,to be a javyey, but seeing that
Slteve frits not afraid to be one, lid*was rather
proud of tiie lad's plnok and ambition.
1* cost a good dejd. Steve’s tastes
were expensive, hfid Q fell naturally among
a class of men who led him into many ex
travagances. There were' occasionally awk
ward scenes, but Steve, supported b} r his
mother and sisters, alwa}-s cleared even
scrape, and finally satisfied the family pride
by being regularly admitted upon the role of
Ilcr Majesty’s attor 1103*3.
In the meantime his father had been grad
ually failing in health; soon after this lie
died. Most of his savings had been secured
for the helpless women of the Gaskill family,
and Steve now found himself with a profes
sion and a thousand pounds to give him a
fair start in it. People said old Gaskill had
acted very- wisely", and Steve had sense enough
to acquiesce in public opinion, lie knew,
too, that as long as his mother or sisters had
a shilling they would share it with him.
So lie hopefully’ opened an office in his na
tive town of Leeds, and waited for clients.
But Yorkshire men are proverbially cautious ;
a young law3*er was not their ideal. Steve
could not look crafty and wise under any
circumstances, and that first 3-car he did not
make enough to pay his rent.
Nevertheless, he did not in any way cur
tail his expenses; and when the summer
holidays arrived he went, as usual, to a fash
ionable watering-place. It happened that
year saw the debut of Miss Elizabeth Braitli
walte, a great heiress and a very handsome
girl. Steve wa* attracted by;her beauty, and
her great wealth was not a drawback in his
eye. In a short time lie perceived that Miss
Braithwaite favored him above all other pro
tdLTers to her hand, and he began to consider
the advantages of a rich wife.
11 is profession had hitherto been a failure,
his one thousand pounds was nearly spent;
his three sisters were all on the point of mar
riage, a condition which might seriously
modify their sisterly instincts, and his moth
er’s annual income wouldn’t support him a
month—would it not be the best plan to ac
ccpt the good fortune so evidently within his
reach ?
Elizabeth was handsome and inclined to
favor him, and though she had the reputation
of being authoritative in temper anti econo
mical in money matters, he did not doubt
that she would finally acknowledge his power
as completely as his mother and sisters,
he set himself to win Miss Braithwaite, and
before Christmas they were married.
True, he bad been compelled to give up a
great deal more than he liked ; but he prom
ised himself plenty of post marital compensa
tions. Elizabeth insisted on keeping her own
house, and as Steve had really no house to
ofTcr her ho must pcods; go t© Braithwaite
Halt as*tl>e husband of ite proprietress. She
insisted upon his removing his office to Braitli
waite, a small village, offering none of the
advantages for killing time which a large city
like Leeds did ; and she had all her money
scrupulously settled on herself lor her own
use and under her control.
Steve felt very much as though his wife had
bought him, but for a little while the eclat of
having married a great heiress, the bridal
festivities and foreign travel compensated for
the loss of his freedom. But when they re-
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA.. FRIDAY. JULY 29, ISSI.
turned to Braithwaite, life showed a far more
I prosaic side. Mrs. Gaskill’s economical dis
position became particularly . offensive to
Steve. She inquired closed’ into his busi
ness, and did not scruple to make unpleasant
witty remarks about his income. She rapidly
developed, too, an authoritative disposition,
against which Steve dail3 r more and more re
belled. The young couple were soon very
unhapp3'.
The truth was that a great transition was
taking place in Steve’s mind, and times of
transition are always times of unrest and
misery. The better part of his nature was
beginning to claim a hearing. lie had now
seei|all that good society could show him ;
he had tasted all the pleasures money, could
buy 4 and he was unhappy.
She had no ennui and no dissatisfaction
with herself. There was her large house to
oversee, her garden and conservatories, her
servants and charity-schools, her toilet and
a whole colony of pet animals. Her day's
were so short for all the small interests that
filled them ; and these interests she would
have willingly shared with Steve, but to him
they soon became intolerable bores.
Under such circumstances he might have
found his work in the ordering and investigat
ing of his wife’s large estate, but Elizabeth
was far too cautious to trust her business to
untried hands. Her father's agent was her
agent; her banker managed all her invest
ments ; her park and farm and gardens were
all under the care of old and experienced
servants, who looked upon Steve merely" as
“Missie's husband.”
In the second year of his marriage he began
to have some thoughts which would have as
tonished his wife could she have thought it
worth while to inquire what occupied his mind
in the long hours when he paced the shrubbery,
or sat silently- looking out of the window.
But Steve was now ready for any employ -
ment that would take him out of the purposely
dependent life which he had so foolishly chosen
for himself.
One day. greatly to his surprise, Elizabeth
said to him : ,
“ Steve, I have a letter from a cousin of
mother’s, who lives in Glasgow. She is going
to Australia and wants 1110 to buy her house.
She says it is a great bargain, and I wrote to
Barrett to go and see about it. I have a letter
this morning-saying-he is too ill to leave his
bed. I wonder if you could go to attend to
it?”
Anything for a change. Steve showed a
very proper business-like interest, and said :
“ Yes, I would bo very glad to go.”
“ Very well; I should think you knew
enough of titles and deeds and conveyancing
and all that sort of tiling. I will trust the
affair to you, Steve.”
So the next morning Steve found hitrsclf
on-the Caledonian line, with ,£IOO in his
pocket, and a valuable piece of business on
hand. The first twenty miles out of Leeds
he enjoj'cd with all the abandon of a bird set
free. Then he began to think again. At
Crewe he missed a train and ho wandered
about the station, fell in talking with the
engineer of the next one who was cleaning
and examining the engine with all the love
and pride a mother gives her favorite child.
The two men fraternized at once, and Steve
made a trip over the Caledonian line in the
engineer’s small cuddy. lie was a fine young
fellow, “ one of seven,” he said, “ all
machinists and engineers;” he was only
serving his time, learning every branch of the
business, practically; he had brothers who
made engines, and he hoped to do so some
time.
In spite of his soiled face and oily clothes
Steve recognized that refinement that comes
with education; and when his new friend
called upon him at the Queen’s hotel, he would
not have been ashamed of his appearance,
even in the most fastidious days.
“ Mr. Dalrymple, I am glad to see you,”
said Steve, holding out both hands to him.
“ I thought you would be, sir. It is not
often I make mistakes in my likings. I will
go with you now to see my father’s works, if
it suits you.”
Never had such a place entered Stephen
Gaskill’s conception ; the immense furnaces,
the hundreds of giants working around them,
the clang of machinery, the might}' struggle
of thind with matter. lie envied those cyclops
in their leathern masks and aprons; he
longed to lift their heavy hammers. He
looked upon the craftsmen with their bare,
brawn}* arms and blackened hands, and felt
his heart glow with admiration when lie saw
the mighty works those hands had fashioned.
The tears were in his eyes when Dalrymple
and he parted at the gate of the great walled
in yard.
“Thank you,” lie said, “you have done qie
the greatest possible service. I shall re
member it.”
That night Steve formed a strange but
noble resolution. First of all he devoted
himself to his wife's business, and accom
plished it in a manner which elicited Mr.
Barrett’s warm praise and made Elizabeth
wonder whether she might not spare her
agent’s fees for the future. Then he had a
long confidential talk with the owner of the
Dalrymple iron and machine works, the result
FOR THE PEOPLE.
of which was the following letter to Mrs.
Gaskill.
My Dear Wife : I shall not be at home
again for at least two years, fori have begun
an apprenticeship to Dalrymple as an iron
master. I propose to learn the process prac
tically. I have lived too long upon your
bounty, for I have lost your esteem as well as
my own, and I do not say but that I have
deserved the loss. Please God I will redeem
my wasted past, and with 11 is help make a
man of myself. When lam worthy to be your
husband you will respect me, and until then
think as kindly as possible of
Stephen Gaskill.
The letter struck the first noble chord in
Elizabeth's heart. From that hour not even
her favorite maid dared to make little com
passionate sneers at “ poor master.*’
Steve, in leather apron and coarse working
clothes, began laborious, happy days, which
brought him nights of sweetest sleep ; and
Elizabeth began a series of letters to her
husband, which gradually grew more imbued
with tender interest and respect. In a few
weeks she visited him of her own free will,
and purposely" going to*t!rc works, saw her
self-banished lord wielding a ponderous ham
mer upon a bar of white hot iron.
Swarthy, hare-armed, clothed in leather,
he had never looked so handsome in Eliza
bctli's eyes; and her eyes revealed the fact
to Steve, for in them was the tender light of
love founded upon genuine respect. Steve
deserved it. lie wrought faithfully out his
two years’service, cheered by" his wife's letters
and visits, and when lie came out of the
Dalrymple works there was no more finished
iron master than he.
He held his head frankly up now and looked
fortune boldly in the face; he could earn his
own living anywhere, and, better than all, lie
had conquered his wife—won her esteem, and
compelled her to acknowledge a physical
strength and moral purpose greater than her
own.
Between Leeds and Braithwaite Hall there
have been for many y-ears gigantic iron works.
The mills and railway on the West Riding
know them well; their work is famous for its
excellence, for the master is a practical
machinist and overlooks every detail. The
profits are enormous, and Stephen Gaskill,
their proprietor, is also the well-beloved and
respected master of Braithwaite Hall.
Making Things Over.
“ Maria,” said Mr. Jones upon one of his
worrying Jay 9, “it seems to me you might
be more economical ; now, thcre’s my old
clothes, why don’t you make them over
for the children, instead of giving them
away ?”
“ Because they're worn out when you're
done with them,” answered Mrs. Jones. “ It’s
no use making over things for the children
that won’t hold together; you couldn’t do it
yourself, smart as you think y'ou are.”
“ Well,” grumbled Jones, “ I wouldn’t have
closets full of things mildewing for want of
wear if I was a woman, that is all. A penny
saved is a penny earned, you know.”
That was in April. One warm day in May
Mr. Jones went prancing through the closets,
looking for something he could not find and
turning things generally inside out.
“ Maria !” he screamed, “ where’s my gray
alpaca duster ?”
“ Made it over for Johnny.”
“Ahem! Well, where’s the brown linen
one I bought last summer?”
“ Clothes-bag !” mumbled Mrs. Jones, who
seemed to have a difficulty' in her speech at
that moment. “ Just made a nice one.”
“Where are my lavender pants?” yelled
Jones.
“Cut them over for Willie.”
“Heavens!” groaned her husband; then
in a voice of thunder: “ Where have my
blue suspenders got to ?’’
“ Hung the baby-jumper with them.”
“Maria!” asked the astonished man in a
subdued voice, “ would you mind telling me
what you have done with my silk hat ? You
haven’t made that over for the boys, have
you ?”
“ Oh, no, dear!” answered his wife, cheer
fully. “I've used that for a hanging basket.
It is full of plants and looks lovely.” Mr_
Jones never mentions the word economy' or
suggests making over—lie lias had enough
of it.
We All Have Faults.
lie who boasts of being perfect is perfect
in his folly. I have been a great deal up and
down in the world and I never yet saw a
perfect man or horse, and I never shall until
I sejj Sundays come together.
You cannot get white out of a coal sack*
nor perfection out of human nature ; he who
looks for it had better look for sugar in the
sea. The old saying is, “ Lifeless, faultless.”
Of dead men we should say nothing but good ;
but as for the living, they arc all tarred more
or less with the black brush and half an eye
can see it. Every heart has a soft place and
every heart has its black drops.
Every rose has its prickles and every day
its night. Even the sun shows spots, and the
skies arc darkened with clouds. Nobody is
so wise but he has folly enough to stock a
stall at Vanity Fair. Where I could not see
the fool’s cap, I have nevertheless beard the
bells jingle. As there is 110 sunshine without
some showers, so all human good is mixed
with more or less evil ; even poor law guardians
have their little failings, and parish beadles
are not wholly of a heavenly nature.
The best wine has its lees. All men's
faults are not written on their foreheads, and
it is quite as well they arc not, or hats would
need wide brims; yet as sure as eggs are
eggs, faults of some kind nostlc in every man’s
bosom.
Thcrc’-s no telling when a man's faults will
show themselves, for hares pop out of a ditch
just when you are not looking for them. A
horse that is weak in the knees may not
stumble for a mile or two, but it is in him, and
tho rider had better hold him up well.
The tabby cat is not lapping milk just now,
but leave the dairy- door open, and we will
see if she is not as big a thief as the kitten.
There’s fire in the flint, cool as it looks, wait
till the steel gets a knock at it, and you will
see. Everybody" can read that riddle, but it
is not everybody that will remember to keen
his gunpowder out of the way of the candle.
Yes, and the very one's who cry- the loudest
over one's faults have grosser failings in
themselves. It is a much easier thing to
point out and speak of a man’s faults than it
is to say you are sorry he has them. To
gether, hands in hand with faults and failings
should go sympathy". Then wo could say
that vve had soberly reflected on these faults
of others, and then how ranch the sum of
human happiness could be advanced i>v sym
pathy.
We get cheerfulness and vigor, wc scarcely
know how or when, from mere association
with our fellow men and from the looks re
fleeted on us of gladness and enjoyment. We
catch inspiration and power to go on from
human presence and from cheerful looks; The
woman works with additional energy having
others by-. The full family circle has a
strength and life peculiarly its own. The
substantial good and effectual relief .which
men extend to one another is trifling. It is
not by those, but something far less costly
that the work is done. Our Maker has in
sured it by a much more simple machinery.
Ho has given to the weakest and the poorest,
power to contribute largely to the common
slock of gladness. The child’s smile and
laugh are mighty powers in the world. When
bereavement has left you desolate, or misfor
tune bowed you to earth, what substantial
benefit is there that renders condolence ac
ceptable ? It can bestow on you nothing
permanent. But a warm hand touched yours,
and its thrill told you that there is indeed a
living response there to your every emotion.
Unknown Exchange.
No Letter for Burch.
A man from Branch county", being in Custer
City soon after a post office was established
there, went up to the shanty- 011 c day with
intent to inquire for mail matter. A man
from Missouri was just ahead of him, and
inquired if there was any letter for Zachariah
Burch.
“Be you the feller ?” queried the Post
master.
“ I am.”
“Named Zaehariah, arc ye?”
“ Yes, sir.”
“ Too infernal long for this country. You’d
better chop it in two.”
“ I axed if there was a letter here for i
Zaehariah Burch,” said the Missourian, with I
a bad gleam in his eyes.
“ And 1 heard ye, and there ain’t nothing
of the sort here.”
“ Kinder seems to inc there is.”
“ Then I’m a liar ?”
The pair looked at each other for a minute,
and then Burch remarked :
“ Mebbc you are.”
Uncle Sam’s official hopped out of his den
and went for Zaehariah Burch. It, was a
pretty even match for ten minutes, and then
the Postmaster got his favorite hold. Soon
after that event Mr. Burch observed :
“ Stranger. I reckon it’s no use to prolong
this sorrowful affair.”
“ I reckon not, but ye inquired for a letter
for Burch.”
“ Yes.”
“And you give it to me purty strong that
sicli a letter had arriv.”
“ Yes. I did,” replied Burch, as lie felt of
his left ear to see what portion was If ft for
future fights, “ but I’ve bin thinkin’ powerful
hard in the last ten minits, and I guess the
old woman back in Missouri has put off writin’
till next Sunday. Let’s go out and take
sulkin' to bring tears to our eyes.”
Five Thousand Comets For July.
Observers at Savannah, Ga.. report dis
covery offive thousand new and brilliant hued
comets, each with a long and most elaborate
tale. These comets were first noticed in the
constellation of Ludden & Bates, common!}'
called the Great Southern Music House, from
whence they are being disseminated through
the entire Southern hemisphere. Each is
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nightly by at least 25,000 delighted readers,
who without telescope or eye glass, ceaselessly
admire its beauties of Fine Tinted Paper, New
Type, Fine Illustrations, Choice Mending
Matter, Serial Story, Delightful New Music,
and New Cover. One Dollar’s Worth of
Choice New Music in each comet. 'Twelve
comets yearly, and only $1.25 per dozen.
Specimen comets (July No.) free of charge.
Everybody invited to send for one. Address
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lishers of the Southern Musical Jnxiinal.
V TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
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\\ u\\s'\Ac Gav\\Wvws.
It is claimed by the Methodist that not
more than half of one per cent, of clergymen
fall through immorality.
Philadelphia and New York arc connected
by more telegraph wires than any other two
cities in the world, the number being 110.
A Canadian paper says that the wife of
Benjamin Corporang, of Mcteghan, Nova
Scotia, gave birth a few days since to two
boys and one girl, weighing respectively three,
four and five pounds, and that she had fivo
children in eleven months. The comet is to
blame.
A woman belonging to the sect called Per
fectionists undertook to run herself to death
at Dallas, Texas. She got the idea from a
Scriptural passage about “ running the race
to the end,” that if she ran till she died she
would go direct to heaven. She could not
kill herself by pedestrianism, however, and
resorted to drowning instead.
An archery club went out to practice at
Ensign’s Mountain, Mo. Miss Matthews had
a lovers quarrel with Mr. Grace, and when it
came her turn to shoot at the target, a few
minutes afterward, she sent an arrow intotho
young man's breast. It was all an accident,'
she said, and she was ever so sorry; but ho
believed she meant to kill him, and had her
ai rested.
The statuo of Robert Fulton, which is to
be placed by Pennsylvania in the House of
Representatives at Washington, will bo the
work of Mr. Howard Roberts, of Philadelphia.
It represents Fulton in the dress and with
the surroundings of a workingman, intent In
studying a small mechanical model held in
the right hand.
Warner opened a dancing school at Meno
monee, Wis., and also gave lessons on tho
guitar. lie regarded his employment as
sentimental, and largely dependent for suc
cess upon the personal impression which he
made on his female pupils. Therefore he
deemed it necessary to be thought a bachelor.
He had a young wife, whom he introduced as
his daughter. But llie deception, though a
pecuniary success, resulted in disaster. Tho
girls became enamored of their teacher, ant)
his jealous wife .finally shot him.
At the Prefecture of Police in Paris the sun
is doing good work in the detection of forgers
and other calligraphic olfenders. The hand
writing on a document is enlarged by means
of photography ten or twelve times, and com
pared with another specimen suspected to he
by the same person. If the one is spurious
and the other real, there is little difficulty ir*
at once detecting telling differences between
the giant up and down strokes. If any writ
ing is characteristic of a man, the character
comes out in a marked manner as soon as the
enlargement takes place.
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin lias just
decided in a suit growing out of a wheat
speculation that a contract for the sale and
delivery of grain or anything else at a future
day is valid if the parties to it really intend
to deliver and receive the commod.itj’, but not
if the purchaser is merely to receive or pay
the difference between the contract and the
market price. In other words, a legitimato
business transaction will be recognized and
guarded by the courts ; a purely speculative
one will be treated as a species of gambling,
whieh it really is.
Since the appearance of the comet a heat
wave has been hanging over Italy ; the tem
perature is higher than has been recorded for
many years in June, and in Rome the heat
is aggravated by a persistent sirocco. The
highest quotation is from Florence—nearly
!.“J deg. Fahrenheit. The effects of this ex
cessive heat have been shown only too plainly
in the Campagna, where the corn reaping is
in full swing. Out of a body of 200 soldiers
marched out for exercise one morning early,
ten men fell by 1 lie roadside before reaching
Rome again, of whom two died.
Ex-Gov. Hunt says that the force of work
ingmen engaged in building the Denver and
Rio Grande Railways is larger in numbers
than the United States army. More than
32,000 men are engaged in hammering spikes,
laying rails, digging through cuts and putting
in bridges. When the work is completed
there will be under control of the company
2,400 miles of road in old Mexico, and this,
with the roads being built in the States and
Territories, will make 4,000 miles. This i3
the company in the interest of which Grant
went to Mexico and obtained valuable con
cessions from the government of that country.
William Porter, who was wrecked early
this year in the steamship Diamond of Dun
dee, hears testimony, in a letter published
in Chambers' Journal, to the extraordinary
efficacy of oil in calming waves: "I first
heard of its good effects in the case of a
whaler in the South Seas. She was on the
point of foundering. The men were unable,
owing to heavy seas, to remain at the pumps,
* * * when some of the oil casks broke
adrift in the hold and smashed. The oil was
then pumped out with the water, and the sea.
though still as high, did not break on board.”
At the wreck of the Diamond he considers
that they owed their life to the oil thrown
out.
Two of the foremost chemists of St. Peters
burg, Messrs. Bcitstein and Ivurbataw, have
subjected the Caucasian petroleum to a
criticalcxamination, winch has been published
in full in the proceedings of the German
Chemical Society. The peculiarity of this
petroleum consists of its high specific gravity
compared with American petroleum of the
same boiling point. For a long time this fact
caused the consumers to be mistrustful of
their own oil. Experiments and comparisons,
however, proved that the Russian oil gave ten
per cent, more light than the American, and
it was also found that the illuminating oil
even of this high gravity was drawn up the
wick to the flame more easily than the
American oil. The high gravity of Caucasian
oils has for some time been taken advantage
of by the manufacturers oflubrieating oils.
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